Dr. Quincy Adams Wagstaff
@notgrouchomarx.bsky.social
Jersey-born, California-workin’, heart in the Plains and Mountain West. Son, brother, nephew, uncle. A deep affection for Great Plains small towns and architecture. Passable professor, pedestrian scholar, decent friend.
Federal Youth Administration building on the Runnels County courthouse square.
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Federal Youth Administration building on the Runnels County courthouse square.
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Board shots from my Business History class today. The one on the right is an attempt to illustrate discounting and rediscounting.
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Board shots from my Business History class today. The one on the right is an attempt to illustrate discounting and rediscounting.
Ballinger, Texas
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ballinger, Texas
Crawford, Nebraska USPO.
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Crawford, Nebraska USPO.
#skystorians Help! I am search of some classic and recent scholarship on the Stalwart and Insurgent divide in the Republican Party, 1890 to, say 1910. Material specific to the Midwest is greatly needed. Many thanks!
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#skystorians Help! I am search of some classic and recent scholarship on the Stalwart and Insurgent divide in the Republican Party, 1890 to, say 1910. Material specific to the Midwest is greatly needed. Many thanks!
The key to reading anything written by John McPhee is to take your time. The geology series aside, they are eminently understandable but so beautifully written that one does not want the book or article to come to its conclusion.
August 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The key to reading anything written by John McPhee is to take your time. The geology series aside, they are eminently understandable but so beautifully written that one does not want the book or article to come to its conclusion.
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From professional conduct, to acknowledging collaborators, to research access and more, the AHA's Statements, Standards, and Guidelines of the Discipline touch on a wide range of topics that affect historians and their work. 🗃️
Standards & Guidelines for the Discipline - AHA
Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct This Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct addresses dilemmas and concerns about the practice of history that historians have regularly brought ...
www.historians.org
July 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
From professional conduct, to acknowledging collaborators, to research access and more, the AHA's Statements, Standards, and Guidelines of the Discipline touch on a wide range of topics that affect historians and their work. 🗃️
“You are in Britton” South Dakota.
July 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“You are in Britton” South Dakota.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws, so I am celebrating the only way that I know how . . . an antebellum bank note featuring three Native American individuals in a boat with one about to spear a shark. Metacomet Bank, Fall River, MA, $500, 18--.🗃️
June 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws, so I am celebrating the only way that I know how . . . an antebellum bank note featuring three Native American individuals in a boat with one about to spear a shark. Metacomet Bank, Fall River, MA, $500, 18--.🗃️
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As historians, we rarely think about the ways that the tools we use to do our work affect the questions we ask and how we answer them.
In this piece, Sam Frantz takes us through what we should think about when choosing digital tools for our research.
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/05/23/d...
In this piece, Sam Frantz takes us through what we should think about when choosing digital tools for our research.
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/05/23/d...
Digital Tools for the Humanities
Machines reconfigure work. And yet, historians or other humanistic researchers rarely think about the way that our digital workflows—the tools that we use to do our work—enable or disenable the kinds…
clioandthecontemporary.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As historians, we rarely think about the ways that the tools we use to do our work affect the questions we ask and how we answer them.
In this piece, Sam Frantz takes us through what we should think about when choosing digital tools for our research.
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/05/23/d...
In this piece, Sam Frantz takes us through what we should think about when choosing digital tools for our research.
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/05/23/d...
#casestudy #businesschools I am teaching a business case study course for the first time. Undergraduate seniors,
26 class meetings per term. Can anyone help me in determining the optimum number of cases to assign? First time for the students as well.
26 class meetings per term. Can anyone help me in determining the optimum number of cases to assign? First time for the students as well.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#casestudy #businesschools I am teaching a business case study course for the first time. Undergraduate seniors,
26 class meetings per term. Can anyone help me in determining the optimum number of cases to assign? First time for the students as well.
26 class meetings per term. Can anyone help me in determining the optimum number of cases to assign? First time for the students as well.
“Starvin’” when you saunter through Stanton, Nebraska? Try the Wolf’s Den on Main Street. Expect big portions and sassy staff! Old school bar and restaurant worth the visit.
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“Starvin’” when you saunter through Stanton, Nebraska? Try the Wolf’s Den on Main Street. Expect big portions and sassy staff! Old school bar and restaurant worth the visit.
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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The Progressive Era.
May 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Progressive Era.
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No, not every student is “cheating” and yes, we need to do some rethinking about teaching, also yes, ChatGPT is a new type of problem. But also, we have ways of working through the problem. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...
Addressing the Transactional Model of School
We need to attack thoughtless ChatGPT use from the demand side.
open.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
No, not every student is “cheating” and yes, we need to do some rethinking about teaching, also yes, ChatGPT is a new type of problem. But also, we have ways of working through the problem. open.substack.com/pub/bibliora...
After 25 years of loyal service I retired “Briefcase Full of Blues” Mk I. Welcome to Mk. II - may she continue the tradition of helping me know when not to play ( the true talent of harp players ).
May 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
After 25 years of loyal service I retired “Briefcase Full of Blues” Mk I. Welcome to Mk. II - may she continue the tradition of helping me know when not to play ( the true talent of harp players ).
“One hat(s), one burro.”
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“One hat(s), one burro.”
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
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“After Donald Trump won in November, I sat down to read all 922 pages of Project 2025,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. “What I discovered was more radical and more interesting than I’d expected.”
The Project 2025 Presidency
The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.
bit.ly
April 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“After Donald Trump won in November, I sat down to read all 922 pages of Project 2025,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. “What I discovered was more radical and more interesting than I’d expected.”
Submission no. 2 of the installation “…hat(s)…” entitled “Two hat(s) and tresses.”
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
April 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Submission no. 2 of the installation “…hat(s)…” entitled “Two hat(s) and tresses.”
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
Can anyone out there in the history of finance, banking, and accounting point me toward the “standard” text for bank accounting for the early 20th century? #banking #accounting #historyofcapitalism
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Can anyone out there in the history of finance, banking, and accounting point me toward the “standard” text for bank accounting for the early 20th century? #banking #accounting #historyofcapitalism
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‘He sent a real estate agent to Moscow, to deal with one of the most ruthless characters since World War Two.’
Photojournalist Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social explains why Donald Trump and envoy Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine negotiations won’t succeed.
Photojournalist Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social explains why Donald Trump and envoy Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine negotiations won’t succeed.
April 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
‘He sent a real estate agent to Moscow, to deal with one of the most ruthless characters since World War Two.’
Photojournalist Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social explains why Donald Trump and envoy Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine negotiations won’t succeed.
Photojournalist Paul Conroy @reflextv.bsky.social explains why Donald Trump and envoy Steve Witkoff’s Ukraine negotiations won’t succeed.
With the critical failure of my unpromising series “Three Birds on a Wire,” I’ve moved on to an installation series entitled “…hat(s)….”
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
With the critical failure of my unpromising series “Three Birds on a Wire,” I’ve moved on to an installation series entitled “…hat(s)….”
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx